Little Grebe: Three pairs, two on the main lake and the other in area 26.
Great crested Grebe: Three pairs on the main lake.
Sparrowhawk: Two high flying birds.
Swift: Twenty five passed through.
Swallow: Three flew north.
Lesser Whitethroat: One singing in area 2 at 6.00am, but not seen or heard when looked for later.
Willow Warbler: One in the Leaf Yard wood feeding high up in the canopy.
Chiffchaff: Three singing males all in the NW sector of the park.
Reed Warbler: Three birds, two of them singing in reeds around Hanover Bridge, area 2.
Blackcap: Nine males singing and five females seen.
Goldcrest: Five males singing.
Linnet: One flew north.
Common Swifts are now seen daily in the skies above the park
Wren concentrating on blasting out his song
Green Woodpecker after his morning bath.
Sparrowhawk male with some primaries missing
Cormorant commuting between his fishing grounds in west London
and his nest site at Walthamstow Reservoir
Mallard duck trying to loose the persistent drakes.
I thought this looked a bit arty
My friendly snake was back in the garden yesterday and today
Comments
I presume it is aesculapian. I see that you had a good time at Rutland Water. I am off to Norfolk next weekend, hopefully the birds will be good. Maybe I will get time for a few photos.
Tony
I love the photo of the five mallards. Very nice composition, funny, playing with the 'flying ducks' cliche, and it tells a story. Do you look at the BirdGuides photos of the week? I think this is a match